The Local Galaxy 8 μm Luminosity Function
Publication information:
Huang, Ashby, Barmby, Brodwin, Brown, Caldwell, Cool, Eisenhardt, Eisenstein, Fazio, et al. The Local Galaxy 8 μm Luminosity Function. The Astrophysical Journal. 2007;664:840–849.
Abstract
A Spitzer Space Telescope survey in the NOAO Deep Wide Field inBoötes provides a complete, 8 μm-selected sample of galaxies toa limiting (Vega) magnitude of 13.5. In the 6.88 deg2 field